Focus: The overall aim of the course is to
disseminate the results of systematic genre
research. Emphasis will be on the properties
and factors that constitute and delimit genres,
both in the present and over time.

Minimum Education Level: PhD

Description:
This spring the Norwegian Graduate Researcher
School in Linguistics and Philology will offer
a PhD course on 'Variation within and across
genres'. This PhD course consists of eight
lectures on linguistic and sociolinguistic
issues in genre. The course is a combination of
lectures given by well-established researchers
from different fields within linguistics, and a
workshop session where PhD candidates are given
the opportunity to present their research and
receive feedback from both fellow PhD
candidates and senior colleagues.